October 19, 2009, 9:34AM

The Portland jazz cauldron is a-bubble with eye of newt and toe of frog, and this new potion may be the one that takes the city's jazz scene to a higher level, if the ingredients blend well. Full story »

October 05, 2009, 10:10AM

The famous Ken Burns "Jazz" series is playing on OPB Plus every Sunday night at 7 p.m., and that should be enough to get fingers snapping at some local clubs and concerts -- Sam Howard, Andrew Oliver, Blue Cranes, Nancy King and Glen Moore. Full story »

May 02, 2008, 1:15PM

Yet more news about the PDX Pop Now! compilation, which every year features tons of great local music. An official announcement from the PDX Pop peeps, who also put on a rad free, all-ages festival in the fall, is still forthcoming, but bands are slowly putting out the news. The latest is the indie garage rock band Bodhi. Erin,... Full story »

April 29, 2008, 10:44AM

More news on the PDX Pop Now! compilation front, this time from Blue Cranes. They dropped me a line today to say: we just found out that a song from our new Blue Cranes album, Homing Patterns, will be included on this year's PDX Pop Now! compilation. We'll be having a CD release party for the album on Wednesday,... Full story »